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Region: West Africa & Sahel
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Zaghawa is a city populous with people, around which are tribes of Zaghawiyyun who graze their camels, according to al-Idrisi. They drink from wells, and their food is maize, dried meat (muqaddat) and fish. It lies eight stages from Manan. ¹

The pages in the source are 29 and 30; they need checking against the scan.

Sources

Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.29

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islam.museum contributors. “Zaghawa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zaghawa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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